I still don't understand why you guys hang out on a public surveilled
IRC network where each line you type goes straight into XKEYSCORE.

Because user management? When you change the irc channels to
something secured you have a lot to do with managing the user
list while it only takes one account to slip through to still
get recorded at NSA. And you lose the occasional lurkers
that may actually contribute in some form later.
Andreas
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"Totally trivial. Famous last words."
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800

You make a good point. As Dave said "Is it any different than
participating in a public surveilled mailing
list?" I don't see a difference. The NSA can and probably does look at
both.